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Jason Hall was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay, American Sniper and is set to direct a feature film for Dreamworks.

Robin Wright is currently in development on the film The Archivist which she is set to direct starring Keira Knightley, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, and Sam Worthington. She also received a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on the Netflix hit, "House of Cards" with Kevin Spacey and was just nominated for a 2015 SAG award for the show.

Rick Springfield costars with Meryl Streep in the film, Ricki and the Flash. He also recently guest starred on "True Detective."

Halle Berry stars in the hit TV series, “Extant” on CBS. She is also set to produce a star in the feature Kidnap.

Henderson Wade has a recurring role on "Extant" on CBS.

Mariska Hargitay has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards for her work on "Law & Order: SVU” and she recently started directing episodes of the show. She was also interviewed recently for “Inside the Actor’s Studio.”

Leslie Mann is currently shooting the film How to Be Single with Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson. She also stars in the National Lampoon film, Vacation with Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, and Chris Hemsworth in theaters this summer.

Lou Ferrigno Jr. recently guest starred in an episode of "Nashville" and several episodes of "The Young and the Restless." He also is shooting the TV movie Earth Fall featuring another Baron Brown student, Henderson Wade.

Adam Simon wrote the screenplay for Man Down, which is in postproduction starring Kate Mara, Gary Oldman, Shia LaBeouf, and alum Clifton Collins, Jr. He is writing a few upcoming episodes of "The Blacklist" and he wrote and stars in Synapse - also starring numerous alumni and also in postproduction.

Sam Raimi's film, Poltergeist with Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt will hit theaters in May and his series “The Evil Dead” was just picked up by Starz.

Jeff Goldblum is currently costarring in several episodes of "Portlandia" and is shooting Independence Day 2.

Sherri Shepherd is shooting Woodlawn with Jon Voight and C. Thomas Howell. She's also working on Ride Along 2 with Olivia Munn and Kevin Hart.

Patrick Dempsey, SAG Award winner and Golden Globe, Emmy nominated actor, starred on the hit series "Grey's Anatomy" for 10 years and is in pre-production for the film, Mission S.O.P. also starring Michelle Romano and Dennis Rodman.

Julia Stilesis shooting the film 5 minutes with John Cusack and Jason Isaacs, stars in the web series "Blue," and is set to star in TNT’s Guilt by Association. She recently wrapped The Great Gilly Hopkins with Kathy Bates and Glenn Close and is filming Go with Me with Anthony Hopkins.

Clifton Collins Jr. is in post on the Terrence Malick film, Weightless. He also recently wrapped Man Down, starring Shia LaBeouf and written by alum, Adam Simon.

Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter is in postproduction on the film Stealing Cars with William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman. Hehas also received a total of twelve Grammy nominations and can be seen nightly as the lead singer of Jimmy Fallon’s band, The Roots, on "The Tonight Show."

Peter Facinelli stars in American Odyssey on NBC. He also producing several upcoming films.

Chad Brannon can be heard every day as a main promo announcer for FOX shows such as “Brooklyn Nine Nine,” “New Girl,” “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” The Mindy Project,” and more. He is also the voice of the History Channel.

Michael Vartan is currently filming the thriller Crawlspace with alum Nadine Velazquez andhas a recurring role in “Bates Motel” on A&E opposite Vera Farmiga.

Brenda Strong is shooting Road to Redemption with Akon.

Parker Young recently guest starred in "Fresh off the Boat" and is in postproduction on the film Fourth Man Out with Kate Flannery.

William Mapother just wrapped Blackhat with Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis. He also recently finished shooting more episodes of “The Mentalist” and has an upcoming role on “Constantine” on NBC.

Jenny McCarthy is hosting her own radio show on SiriusXm Radio.

Nadine Velazquez is a series regular on "Major Crimes" on TNT and is shooting the thriller film Crawlspace with alum Michael Vartan.

C. Thomas Howell can be seen in episodes of “Blue Bloods,” “Criminal Minds,” “Sons of Anarchy,” and “Southland.” He is also in production on the film My B.F.F. with alum Stacey Dash and Rivers 9 with alum Jamie Kennedy.

Jamie Kennedy is also set to star in Universal Studio’s Tremors 5 alongside Michael Gross.

Kirston Leigh Mann was the costume designer for "Parks and Recreation” and is currently working on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

Mickey Liddell is in postproduction for the film Clavius with Tom Felton and Joseph Fiennes.

Studio collaborator Marc Levin and Mariska Hargitay are teaming up to shoot a documentary on Rape Kit Backlog.

Henry Simmons recently wrapped the film No Good Deed with Taraji P Henson, guest starred on “Law and Order: SVU” with fellow alum, Mariska Hargitay and costars on “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Justin Hartly has recurring roles on “Revenge” and “Mistresses” on ABC and recently wrapped the film The Challenger with Michael Clarke Duncan.

Andrea Parker has a recurring role on “Pretty Little Liars” with Laura Leighton.

Jon Gries recently wrapped the film Falsely Accused with Rosanna Arquette and he is writing and directing the feature film, Big Life.

Parish Rahbar is co-wrote One Lucky Moon with Peter Bogdanovich. The film is in production and stars alum Colleen Camp with Burt Reynolds and Cybill Shepherd.

Sharon Case has been on over 100 episodes of "The Young and the Restless" which won the 2015 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

Kim Delaney in preproduction for the TV mini-series "To Appomattox."

Keanu Reeves starred in the Sundance hit, Knock Knock with alum Colleen Camp and written and directed by Eli Roth.

Dena Hysell is producing various projects including the film The Sound of Magic.

Amber Valletta is a recurring guest star on “Revenge” and costars on “Legends” on TNT.

Catherine Bell stars in the Hallmark TV show, "Good Witch."

Doug Claybourne is producing the film Mis-Fits with Frida Pinto and Cloris Leachman.

Marc Levin recently released the documentary Freeway: Crack in the System.

Andrew Fleming is directing the upcoming film, Guys Night.

Michael Rymer is executive producer on “Hannibal” and works on “The Killing,” and “Longmire.” He is also in pre-production as the director for Deadline Gallipoli, a mini-series starring Sam Worthington and Hugh Dancy.

Deborah Lawlor is the Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director for the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood, which has won over 160 awards for all areas of production, performance, and design over its 18-year history.

Haley Webb is currently shooting the indie feature film Sugar Mountain with Cary Elwes and Jason Momoa. She also recently wrapped Single in South Beach costarring with Baron Brown alum Kevin Sorbo.

Kevin Sorbo is directing and acting in several upcoming films including Mythica: A Quest for Heroes.

Emily Goldwyn wrote the TV show “Girls without Boys” that is in preproduction with ABC.

Rosa Blasi costars in the Nickelodeon show, "The Thundermans."

Kristen Terry was recently in the film Dead End with Vivica Fox.

Jerry Levine is directing episodes “Hawaii Five-O” for CBS.

Mike Wade just wrapped production on the film This is Happening costarring Judd Nelson and Cloris Leachman.